Yes .. There are mexican '97 beetle convertible. my wife has a 97 hardtop and is changing for a convertible now. Is not the same as the old beetle convertible I'll try to take a picture and put it on the web for those who are interested in this rare thing. BTW Mexican beetle has a great engine 1.6i catalitic .. very fast and reliable. The interior is about the same .. just some touch of modernity .. If someone is interested i can take some pictures of the interior. Now there are a bug invation here .. because you can buy a new convertible for less than us$ 8k Rodrigo Perez Hexa Informatica Santiago, Chile http://www.hexa.cl/rpc/rpc.html -----Mensaje original----- De: Chris Turner [SMTP:JordanVw@AOL.COM] Enviado el: Lunes 8 de Septiembre de 1997 09:32 PM Para: Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU Asunto: Re: 1997 <Mexican> Beetle FS <Arizona/Utah> In a message dated 97-09-08 08:18:48 EDT, vanbondo@PRIMENET.COM writes: << .. They also forgot to mention that its a convertible! Triple white. >> hmmm.....a '97 beetle conv??? I dunno about that... As far as i know the only mexican made bugs were hardtops, and the last bug conv. was made by Karmann in Germany in early '80.... maybe someone made the bug into a conv. with a top frame off a junked '70's bug conv?? highly possible..with a welder, you can do anything... :<) anybody else know?? chris |
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